“You cannot know if it’s a baby or not a baby”: uptake, provision and perceptions of antenatal care and routine antenatal ultrasound scanning in rural Kenya

Table 4 Benefits and concerns of US Scan; women interviewed after scan or at subsequent ANC visit

Mothers’ views of benefits and concerns after US scan		Number of women (%) N = 30	Number of women (%) N = 25
Benefits of US scan
Reassurance	Knowledge of health of baby	30 (100)	22 (88)
	Seeing	30 (100)	18 (72)
	Confirmation of pregnancy	4 (13)	17 (68)
	Confirmation of gestational age	22 (73)	7 (28)
Information	Number of babies	1 (3)	2 (8)
Information	Sex determination	2 (7)	1 (4)
Concerns of US scan
Harming the baby	The machine uses rays which could affect the baby	0 (0)	2 (8)
Harming the mother	The machine used during the procedure could hurt the mother	0 (0)	1 (4)
Uncertainty of outcome	Not being sure of state and condition of the baby: implications of low lying placenta	3 (10)	1 (4)

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